The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Greens respond to Labour ripping up their motion on climate emergency 1st March 2019 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party have responded to the ripping up of their Climate Emergency motion by Labour councillors and replacing it with their own climate motion. Councillor Chris Musgrave, who proposed the Green motion, said that while there were good points in the Labour motion, he regretted the removal of any mention of a climate emergency […] Read more »
Greens seek support for Climate Emergency motion 14th February 2019 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party councillor, Chris Musgrave, will seek support from Exeter City Council to declare a Climate Emergency at the full council meeting on Tuesday 26th February and a pledge to make the city carbon neutral by 2030 [1]. If passed, the motion would oblige the Council to present a climate emergency strategy with a […] Read more »
Green push to save Clifton Hill sports centre 1st January 2019 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party have formally asked Exeter City Council to reverse their ill-judged decision to close down Clifton Hill Sports Centre. But Exeter’s Labour administration refused to listen to facts or local opinion. A motion by Green councillor, Chris Musgrave, calling on Exeter City Council to reverse its controversial decision to sell off and demolish […] Read more »
No progress on air pollution action 8th December 2018 / 11th July 2019 by We have extracted news from the City Council that 8 months on from the publication of the Air Quality Action Plan for the city –which we criticised as weak and lacking targets – not one action has yet been taken to improve air quality. This is shocking, with almost weekly new research findings showing how […] Read more »
Exeter Greens slam Council’s new Air Quality Plan 8th December 2018 by exetergreenparty Exeter Green Party have labelled the Labour-run City Council’s new Action Plan to improve Exeter’s dirty air an ‘Inaction Plan’. They say the new Plan will not achieve any significant improvements for years to come, with serious public health implications. Graph: Average (mean) levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution across all the city’s monitoring stations. 40 mg/m3 […] Read more »
Green’s challenge Labour to come clean over absent councillor 29th October 2018 by exetergreenparty Green Councillor, Chris Musgrave, is challenging Exeter Labour party to reveal the whereabouts of a missing councillor. Residents of St David’s, where Lewis Keen is a Labour councillor, have raised concerns about his absence in the ward; the fact he has no residential address in Exeter, being listed as ‘C/O Civic Centre’ [1]; and his failure to attend successive council meetings [2]. Greens point […] Read more »
Green Party motion on ‘People’s Vote’ passed by large majority of Exeter City Council councillors. 17th October 2018 by exetergreenparty A motion to Exeter City Council backing a ‘People’s Vote’ [1] on the final Brexit deal passed with a large majority at the full council meeting last night. The motion [2], put forward by Green Party councillor Chris Musgrave, secured 21 votes in favour, with only 7 against. Campaigners provided a colourful reception to councillors […] Read more »
Green Party motion on ‘People’s Vote’ to go to full Council next Tuesday 16th October 2018 12th October 2018 by exetergreenparty The Green Party are putting forward a motion to Exeter City Council next Tuesday [1] urging councillors to back a ‘People’s Vote’ [2] on the final Brexit deal. Campaigners are expected to provide a colourful and noisy reception to councillors as they arrive at the Guildhall for the meeting which begins at 6pm. There has […] Read more »
Exeter Greens call on City Council to back ‘People’s Vote’ on the final Brexit deal 21st August 2018 by exetergreenparty The Green Party are to put forward a motion to Exeter City Council urging councillors to back a ‘People’s Vote’ on the final Brexit deal [see Green Party Motion to Exeter City Council below]. There has been increasing public support for such a vote in recent months, with one petition having reached almost 700,000 signatures. […] Read more »